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2 1 cm. lou*:;, 12 mm. across, white, the lower few Howers axillary; pedicel 

 lJ-3 mm. long. Calyx campannlate, incano-tomentose with stellato-fascicii- 

 late hairs, ferrngineo-fulvons helow, unequally nsnally .5-G-fi(l, 7-10 mm. 

 long; lobes more or less recurved, deltoid or narrowly deltoid, acute, some 

 of them unequally 2 or sometimes 3-fid. Corolla much exserted, infnn- 

 dibuliform, deeply 5-7-fid, valvato-imbricate in {estivation, subtomentose 

 with short stellate hairs externally ; lobes oblong, deltoid -oblong, or ovato- 

 elliptical, acute. Stamens included, 11-12, monadelphous into a short 

 tube below, 1-seriate, erect, inserted to the corolla-tube, about 11-12 mm. 

 long, tiiinly pubescent, white, the free portion linear-filiform ; anther 

 erect, lato-linear, muticou*?, introrse, adnate to the connective, with 

 parallel cells, 3-3i mm. long, yelLnv. Style erect, subnlato-filiforiu, straight, 

 equal to stamens in height, pu])csceut below, al)out lf)-l9mm. long; 

 stigma 3-lobed ; ovary subglobose, at the base adnate to the base of the; 

 calyx-tube, tomentoso-pubescent above, thick-walled, 3-locular, al)Out 2^ mm. 

 across ; ovules about 12 in each locularaent. Fruit ovoid -globose, about 

 9-11 mm. across, accompanied by the 2-3-ripped persistent calyx l)elow, 

 covered with closely pressed pale tomentose hairs, beaked witli the basal 

 remainder of the style, depressed-rounded at the top, dehiscent from the 

 base, 1- sometimes 2-seeded ; carpel coriaceous, thickish. Seed ellipsoid- 

 globose (in the solitary state), rounded and with a subcuspidato-acute point 

 at the top, marked with longitudinally 3-angulate lines and 3-subsulcate 

 lines, glabrous, castaneous, albuminous, about 8 mm. long ; hilum oblique, 

 broad; testa crustaceous ; embryo erect, slightly shorter than albumen, 

 cotyledons ovate or oval-ovate, flat, caulicle nearly as long as the cotyledon. 

 Flowers in June. 



Hah. Prov. Shtmotsuke : Nikko {T. Afahinol June 1901, flower, Sept. 

 1901, fruit), Mt. Jvoshin {T. Mah'nol Sept. 11-12, 1901); Frov. Sitinano : 

 Kiso (SnebicJii Goto !). 



This species is allied to Sfyrax Ohassia Sieb. et Zucc, having 

 a very different a]ipearence. 



Draba (Tx^ucodraba) shiroumana Makino in herb. Aug. 1903. 



About 4-9 cm. high (attening about IS cm. high in cultivation) in 

 fruit. Perennial, densely cfespitose ; caudex many-branched, l)ranches erect 

 or a,scending, foliiferous at the top. Rosulate leaves sjireading or erect- 

 patent, spathulatoJinear, gradually narrowed into a petiole below, acute, 



